8. CHILD LABOR SITUATION
At least 4.7 million or 12.6% of children
aged 5 to 14 are in the work force.
83% are employed in rural areas and 17%
are employed in urban areas.
Agricultural activities include poultry
farming, drying fish, shrimp farming, apply
harmful pesticides etc.
17. Economic Factors
Lack of Social Responsiveness of the
Employers
Social Factors
Social Class System
Schooling System
Poverty
Over population
Proper Education
19. BD enacted the labour act in 2006, which
includes a chapter on child labor
The Ministry of Labour & employment has
recently adopted a national Child labour
elimination policy 2010 .
They provides a framework to eradicate all
forms of child labour by 2015
21. Growing awareness about effect of child labor
Making concern every child about their legal rights
Not by eliminating them, by developing socio-
economic condition solve this problem
Following a strict law for un-ethical child work
Motivating business persons
Formulating more comprehensive national plan of
action
Making more favorable schools for child worker.
These are the basic requirements for solving the child
labor problem in Bangladesh.